Where to begin. The last two weeks have been pure hell. I had two funerals last week; one for a family friend that was 86 and was hit in a car accident and one for Luke's Great Aunt (very close to being his Grandma) at the age of 95 and this week will bring me to my third funeral for a very good friend of mine's husband. He was 62 and found out 3 1/2 weeks ago that he had renal cell cancer and it was fast moving, as he passed away on Sunday, May 11. I spend a lot of my summer hanging out with Arden and Trudy as we golfed a lot together. It is so hard for me to understand one of the sweetest men in the entire world was chosen to leave us. He leaves behind a wonderful wife and two boys and his grandchildren. Trudy has many things to be grateful for as he was diagnosed with cancer 12 years ago. God gave him 12 WONDERFUL years of life cancer free, and unfortunately the worst really did hit.
I have never been affected by losing someone so fast as the result of cancer; it just shows that you can't take each day for granted. As Arden went to the clinic from a week of just not feeling too well, and look what happened, it was just the beginning of a deal.
Trudy is a very strong person, and loved by many and is now able to take sometime for herself and begin her new journey. Things will definitely be different, but I know she knows Arden would not want her to change a thing. Get out and swing her golf clubs yet this summer.
Please remember that anything can happen at any given time as these last two weeks I have had a lot of reasons to think about stuff. Life is precious just as our little ones are. Enjoy each and every minute of every day.
